Sometimes it can be frustrating, but I must admit when you see an American System that's completely overgrown a lot of the times that represents the patience and hard work that it really takes to have a successful system. And it's so gratifying to watch a half inch frag turn into a great colony!
Do you have a FTS?
If you want to wait years to get something that's hot and expensive go ahead. By that time I'll have a nice colony of that coral and it would have paid for itself, other corals, new equipment, and allow me to be generous in freebies to other hobbyist.
This is Vivids insanity under white lights. I would pay the price for the pure beauty that mother nature provides and the gifts of God showing off his handy work. I couldn't possibly bring myself to think in any way shape or form this qualifies as a $50 frag. It is worth every penny. It's so much more than just the price, it's the hard work, the patience, and all the stories that go along with it that make these corals worth the money.
And a quick word about blue lighting, most of us do keep heavy Blues on our systems to show off the fluorescence of our corals. I buy high end corals, and I am rarely disappointed between what I've seen online and when I get it home. If you can't tell something's been heavily doctered, then I think it comes down to buyer's responsibility.
Just 2cents.
Nice scape where is the vivids insanity in the tank
And I hope I didn't give the impression that vivids insanity is my Acro that is an image from Google just a example.
Old tank
The hobby has come a very long way in the last 10 years. I will always keep some of the commons (Bali green slimer, Oregon tort, Cali Tort, miyagi Tort, ponappes birds nest). And I will buy what catches my eye. I don't think I would drop $1,000 on a frag but I might drop a couple hundo. I recently bought a wolverine frag. I remember when they were crazy high. But I bought it for its beauty and for a fraction of the early price. I'm not one that will frag a frag. I will always be the patient guy that grows out the corals. For me it's about recreating a reef in nature with even more diversity... The collectors and "frag o fraggers" have been great for the hobby. They've pioneered tank grown corals and brought many new hobbyists to game. It's all positive if we can promote the hobby!
I'll take that acan off your hands lol.Acans a 5-6 years ago would go for hundreds for just a head. I vividly remember some vendors here asking and getting 350 for a really awesome polyp. Some were arguably way hotter than others but like Rev posted, ANY acan(even the lovely gray ones) sold for top dollar.
Fast forward to today and you can't give them away lol We've taken some INSANE rainbow mini colonies to shows and people either assume they will be too expensive or automatically overlook them. We even stopped bringing so many to shows because we would leave with the exact amount we got there with and they were just no longer worth the real estate in the frag tank. It's to the point where we rarely pick some up from distributors because we will just be sitting on them for 6 months- a year+++
Even something like this is pretty hard to get any money for
This being a hobby though, thats how it works, there is always a coral that is "in fashion". A couple years ago bounce mushrooms(and mushrooms in general) were the "it" coral and right now IMO its Rainbow Tenuis(and those corals that get misidentified as "tenuis"). Maybe next year will be the year of the leather coral or something, who knows! This is what makes the hobby interesting and fun. Things are always changing and new corals are being discovered left and right!
Same, acans are definitely one of my favorites. I think part of the reason they lost popularity is because you need a saw to frag them well.
If you want to wait years to get something that's hot and expensive go ahead. By that time I'll have a nice colony of that coral and it would have paid for itself, other corals, new equipment, and allow me to be generous in freebies to other hobbyist.
This is Vivids insanity under white lights. I would pay the price for the pure beauty that mother nature provides and the gifts of God showing off his handy work. I couldn't possibly bring myself to think in any way shape or form this qualifies as a $50 frag. It is worth every penny. It's so much more than just the price, it's the hard work, the patience, and all the stories that go along with it that make these corals worth the money.
And a quick word about blue lighting, most of us do keep heavy Blues on our systems to show off the fluorescence of our corals and mimics what most of these corals come from and the deeper waters. I buy high end corals, and I am rarely disappointed between what I've seen online and when I get it home. If you can't tell something's been heavily doctered, then I think it comes down to buyer's responsibility.
Just 2cents.
You frag, I'll pay to ship. You don't want to throw it away and can't find takers... I can't find people who aren't lazy and willing to ship and spread the love. I always give away frags...
